Alleged purchase of EUR 26 million expired medicines (health minister claim)
Status: Ministerial claim; audit requested; no outcome found; date not confirmed.
Summary
Health Minister Anila Godo, as reported by Tirana Times, accused her predecessor of buying EUR 26 million of expired medicines and said flagrant corruption had been uncovered in the drug tenders. She asked the Finance Ministry internal audit office and the High State Audit Office (KLSH) to examine ministry and hospital tenders. The article is undated in the copy reviewed, and no audit result or charge was found.
Key facts
- EUR 26 million of expired medicines (Godo, as reported by Tirana Times).
- Audit requests to the Finance Ministry internal audit office and KLSH.
The record
Four lists kept apart on purpose: what is established, what is only alleged, what is still open, and what those concerned said.
What is proven (0)
Established by documents or official records, as stated in the research. A recorded charge or indictment proves only that the accusation was made.
Nothing recorded in this list.
What is alleged (1)
Accusations, not findings. Those accused are presumed innocent.
- AllegationCorruption in drug tender issuance (minister's claim).
Allegations and who made them (1)
Each line is an allegation as recorded, with the person or body that made it where the record names them.
- AllegationPredecessor purchased EUR 26 million of expired medicines (minister's claim).
Open questions (2)
- Date of the statement and the predecessor named.
- Results of the internal audit and KLSH requests.
Responses (1)
Responses of the people and organisations concerned, as recorded.
- None recorded in the reviewed article.
Figures
Money trail →Expired medicines allegedly purchased by predecessor
€26,000,000
lossSource label: UnverifiedStated definition: Minister's claim as reported by Tirana Times (undated). No audit confirmation found.
Date: not found · Payer: Ministry of Health (Albania) · Payee: not stated
- Albanian health involved in a scandal of expired medicine (opens in a new tab)Tirana Times · journalism · EN
Connections
Minister's EUR 26m expired-medicines claim
Evidence: Tirana Times, undated; reported in indirect speech.
Sources for this record
Every source the research cites for this record, grouped by its source label. 1 source.
Source label: UnverifiedUnverified · 1 source
- Publisher
- Tirana Times
- Date
- not recorded